Homer Features

Homer resident and Kachemak Land Trust board member Larsen Klingel qualified for the 2018 Boston Marathon without running a single mile. He was, however, pushed in a wheelchair by his longtime friend Andy Beardsley for all 26.2 miles.

The idea was Beardsley’s, who was inspired by a father-son team who competed in marathons as a wheelchair team. Klingel, who was born with cerebral palsy that requires him to walk with crutches, took a little more convincing.

“I wasn’t too keen on it, but finally he got me to do it,” Klingel said.

A longtime environmental educator who taught everyone from children to seniors, and everywhere from outdoors to the classroom, has been honored with the Alaska Conservation Foundation’s Jerry Dixon Award for Excellence in Environmental Education.

Carmen Field, 53, who died May 31, 2016, received word the day before she died that she would get the award. Her husband, Conrad Field, and daughter, Eryn Field, will receive the $1,000 award on her behalf at a ceremony in late September.

Saturday was "free day" at the Pratt Museum. All ages &#151; infants in baby-carriers, handholding couples, grandparents with grandchildren &#151; took time from Saturday's sunny, no-rain, no-wind weather to see what the museum had to

Saturday was "free day" at the Pratt Museum. All ages &#151; infants in baby-carriers, handholding couples, grandparents with grandchildren &#151; took time from Saturday's sunny, no-rain, no-wind weather to see what the museum had to offer.